Season 1974 · Round 9

French Grand Prix

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1974-07-07 · Dijon-Prenois · France · French Grand Prix · 80Lap · 263.120km
1 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus 1:21:55.020
Team win 11pt P1 · P5
12 Niki Lauda
Ferrari +20.360
11 Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari +27.840
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Emerson Fittipaldi L27 Carlos Reutemann L24 Jochen Mass L4 Tom Pryce L1 Henri Pescarolo L1 James Hunt L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Circuit Info
Dijon-Prenois Dijon, France
80Lap 263.120km 6 races held (1974–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P7 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P12 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Peterson · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Peterson PET 1 Peterson PET Lauda · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Regazzoni · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Regazzoni REG 3 Regazzoni REG Scheckter · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Scheckter SCH 4 Scheckter SCH Ickx · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Ickx ICK 5 Ickx ICK Hulme · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Hulme HUL 6 Hulme HUL Hailwood · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Hailwood HAI 7 Hailwood HAI Depailler · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Depailler DEP 8 Depailler DEP Merzario · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Merzario MER 9 Merzario MER Beltoise · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Beltoise BEL 10 Beltoise BEL Brambilla · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Brambilla BRA 11 Brambilla BRA Jarier · P12 → P12 12 Jarier JAR 12 Jarier JAR Hill · P21 → P13 · +8 21 Hill HIL 13 Hill HIL Migault · P22 → P14 · +8 22 Migault MIG 14 Migault MIG Edwards · P20 → P15 · +5 20 Edwards EDW 15 Edwards EDW Watson · P14 → P16 · -2 14 Watson WAT 16 Watson WAT Fittipaldi · P5 → retired L27 Fittipaldi · retired L27 5 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Reutemann · P8 → retired L24 Reutemann · retired L24 8 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Mass · P18 → retired L4 Mass · retired L4 18 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Pryce · P3 → retired L1 Pryce · retired L1 3 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Pescarolo · P19 → retired L1 Pescarolo · retired L1 19 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Hunt · P10 → retired L0 Hunt · retired L0 10 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 80 1:21:55.020 9
2 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 80 +20.360 6
3 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 80 +27.840 4
4 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 7 80 +28.110 3
5 2 Jacky Ickx Team Lotus 13 80 +37.540 2
6 6 Denny Hulme McLaren 11 80 +38.140 1
7 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren 6 79 +1 Lap
8 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 9 79 +1 Lap
9 20 Arturo Merzario Iso Marlboro 15 79 +1 Lap
10 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 17 79 +1 Lap
11 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 16 79 +1 Lap
12 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 12 79 +1 Lap
13 26 Graham Hill Lola 21 78 +2 Laps
14 37 François Migault BRM 22 78 +2 Laps
15 27 Guy Edwards Lola 20 77 +3 Laps
16 28 John Watson Brabham 14 76 +4 Laps
R 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 5 27 Engine
R 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8 24 Handling
R 33 Jochen Mass Surtees 18 4 Clutch
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 3 1 Collision
R 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM 19 1 Clutch
R 24 James Hunt Hesketh 10 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Niki Lauda
2
1 Ronnie Peterson
3
16 Tom Pryce
4
11 Clay Regazzoni
5
5 Emerson Fittipaldi
6
33 Mike Hailwood
7
3 Jody Scheckter
8
7 Carlos Reutemann
9
4 Patrick Depailler
10
24 James Hunt
11
6 Denny Hulme
12
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
13
2 Jacky Ickx
14
28 John Watson
15
20 Arturo Merzario
16
10 Vittorio Brambilla
17
14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
18
33 Jochen Mass
19
15 Henri Pescarolo
20
27 Guy Edwards
21
26 Graham Hill
22
37 François Migault
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15